2016x1 - The True Nature of Matter and Mass

January 6, 2016

We know that mass is energy… but what is energy? And where did matter and time even come from? Matt begins to dive into these intricate topics by first examining what inertial mass is, how it relates to gravitational mass, and what it all means for mass as a fundamental property.

2016x2 - When Time Breaks Down

January 13, 2016

2016x3 - The Photon Clock Challenge

January 20, 2016

2016x4 - The Origin of Matter and Time

January 27, 2016

2016x5 - Will Mars or Venus Kill You First?

February 3, 2016

2016x6 - LIGO's First Detection of Gravitational Waves!

February 11, 2016

2016x7 - Planet X Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!

February 17, 2016

2016x8 - Why the Big Bang Definitely Happened

February 24, 2016

2016x9 - What's Wrong With the Big Bang Theory?

March 2, 2016

2016x10 - Cosmic Microwave Background Challenge

March 9, 2016

2016x11 - Why is the Earth Round and the Milky Way Flat?

March 16, 2016

2016x12 - How Cosmic Inflation Flattened the Universe

March 23, 2016

2016x13 - Pulsar Starquakes Make Fast Radio Bursts? + Challenge Winners!

March 30, 2016

2016x14 - We Are Star Stuff

April 6, 2016

2016x15 - Will the Universe Expand Forever?

April 13, 2016

2016x16 - Why the Universe Needs Dark Energy

April 20, 2016

2016x17 - What Does Dark Energy Really Do?

April 27, 2016

2016x18 - Will Starshot's Insterstellar Journey Succeed?

May 4, 2016

2016x19 - The Cosmic Conspiracy of Dark Energy Challenge Question

May 11, 2016

2016x20 - Anti-gravity and the True Nature of Dark Energy

May 18, 2016

2016x21 - Is an Ice Age Coming?

May 25, 2016

2016x22 - Is Quantum Tunneling Faster than Light?

June 1, 2016

2016x23 - New Fundamental Particle Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!

June 8, 2016

2016x24 - The Strange Universe of Gravitational Lensing

June 15, 2016

2016x25 - Planck's Constant and The Origin of Quantum Mechanics

June 22, 2016

2016x26 - Nuclear Physics Challenge

June 29, 2016

2016x27 - Juno to Reveal Jupiter's Violent Past

July 6, 2016

2016x28 - The Future of Gravitational Waves

July 20, 2016

2016x29 - The Quantum Experiment that Broke Reality

July 27, 2016

2016x30 - Can We Survive the Destruction of the Earth? ft. Neal Stephenson

August 3, 2016

2016x31 - How the Quantum Eraser Rewrites the Past

August 10, 2016

2016x32 - Quantum Eraser Lottery Challenge

August 17, 2016

2016x33 - Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?

August 24, 2016

The Kepler telescope recently noticed a strange partial eclipse that some have speculated could be a Dyson Sphere. Are Dyson Sphere's possible? Are they practical? What other alternatives to futuristic energy capture do we have to choose from? Why not a kugelblitz - a swarm of black hole powered engines?

2016x34 - Is There a Fifth Fundamental Force? + Quantum Eraser Answer

September 7, 2016

2016x35 - Self-Replicating Robots and Galactic Domination

September 14, 2016

We’ll soon be capable of building self-replicating robots. This will not only change humanity’s future but reshape the galaxy as we know it.

2016x36 - Quantum Entanglement and the Great Bohr-Einstein Debate

September 21, 2016

Albert Einstein strongly disagreed with Niels Bohr when it came to Bohr’s interpretation of quantum mechanics. Quantum entanglement settled the argument once and for all.

2016x37 - Life on Europa?

September 29, 2016

The Hubble Telescope found more evidence of vast plumes of water bursting through the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. What does this tell us about the potential for life on Europa?

2016x38 - Are We Alone? Galactic Civilization Challenge

October 5, 2016

The Drake Equation tells us the likelihood that there are other advanced technological civilizations waiting for us among the stars. In this episode of Space Time we challenge you to use the Drake Equation to help us determine how near or far these alien races may be. Links to reference material below.

2016x39 - Black Holes from the Dawn of Time

October 12, 2016

Primordial black holes may be lurking throughout our universe. How large are they, how many are out there and what would happen if they moved through our solar system?

2016x41 - The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse

October 26, 2016

Is our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinitely branching multiverse?

2016x42 - Quantum Vortices and Superconductivity + Challenge Answers

November 2, 2016

2016x43 - Did Dark Energy Just Disappear?

November 9, 2016

2016x44 - Strange Stars

November 16, 2016

2016x45 - Pilot Wave Theory and Quantum Realism

November 30, 2016

2016x46 - What Happens at the Event Horizon?

December 8, 2016

2016x47 - Escape The Kugelblitz Challenge

December 14, 2016

2016x48 - Have They Seen Us?

December 21, 2016

Are aliens watching Earth TV? We'd like to credit the SKA Organization for the image used in the thumbnail.